High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: In The Spotlight

by Walt Disney Company

MORE THAN
A SHOW-MANCE!
Fiandship blossomad into Arst lave/for chichood-thenda. ini
Salazar-Roberts and Ricky Bowen. But when Ricky doesn't
know how to share his feelings with Nini before she leaves for
summer drama camp, their seemingly perfect match looks like it's
headed for Splitsville.
While Ricky spends the summer hanging out with his best
friend, Big Red, and regretting his actions-or lack thereof~-Nini
is having the best summer ever. She meets someone new,
E. J. Caswell, and goes on as the lead in the camp production of
The Music Man.
Determined to win Nini back, Ricky auditions for-and gets-
the lead role in East High's production of High School Musical,
starring opposite his ex-girlfriend. Can these two find love again
in the spotlight?

124 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2020

About the author

Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

--from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Have you ever played a video game based on a movie or television show?

While there are a few beloved releases that fall into that category--the most notable of which, in my experience, has been GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64--most of them are mediocre at best, and are made just to make money. The developers know their work is shoddy; they just hope some unwitting parent or grandparent will buy it because his son had a blast watching A Bug's Life in theaters, or her granddaughter watches That's So Raven every night.

Why am I talking about video games on a book review website? Simple: A book like this is to literature what such Nintendo or PlayStation titles are to gaming. Too much wasted space, middle-of-the-road writing, annoyingly short chapters...yeah, this was published merely to make money. I'm proud to say that I got this at a thrift store, so, Disney didn't make any more moolah from me. It's not that I mind supporting the House of Mouse; I just don't like any corporation--regardless of which one or what kind--getting richer off of me for a sub-par product.

[Dario · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very shallow book about romance and theatre camp. The book was badly written and the theme was boring and it did not go into enough detail.

[b]

Thank you Zory 😃

[Georgia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love HSMTMTS so when I saw this book on my library app I had to read it

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alright, I'm a whole grown adult, and I'm unreasonably obsessed with HSMTMTS, so I was gifted this book kind of ironically for my birthday. Tbh this was a delight and I'm only slightly ashamed.

[sophia (taylor’s version)]

okay listen i bought this for two dollars at my old middle school’s book fair don’t judge me

[Pamela Rabon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good teen book.

[The Keepers of the Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

They started as friends and their friendship developed into a romance. However, before Nini went to drama camp, Ricky's inability to express his feelings cause the two to break up. While at drama camp, Nini meets E.J Caswell and starts to fall in love with him. Meanwhile, Ricky begins to regret his actions. Will the two fall in love again? Will Ricky get a second chance? Remniscent of the Disney Plus series, the plot is well-written and engaging. The characters are likable, realistic, and authentic to the series. Fans of High School Musical: The Musical will enjoy reading this book.

[emily wilkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

rlly good ngl but there was no romance between ricky and nini ahh. the book was more focused on what happened before where season one was set, so like in the summer. i loved it though, my fav show <333

[Erin Weaver · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m sure fans of the series would enjoy this book; however, picking it up as a cold read I cannot say it’s great. It starts strangely and ends abruptly which, I assume, is so I’ll run to find the next one. Mostly that just aggravated me because that makes for a bad book.

[Andrew Hepditch · Rating 3 out of 5]

pick-me-up part 2.

[Geiosh A]

Even though I already watched the TV show I love this book

[m · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVE

[Manuela Lima · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just think it could have been better

[Reagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this book because it goes more in-depth with the story line.

[Maddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a very interesting book and is showed all about the two people in the book!!!

[Alayna Carver · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually enjoyed this book I didn’t expect to, I read this before I watched the series and I liked it better that way it was a good entertaining book especially since it’s marked as a kids book.